Thoughts on selecting a dream Special Master

galvarn

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Monday September 05, 2022 · 10:21 AM PDT

2022/09/05 · 10:21

The Special Master to review the Mar-a-Lago documents would need

1) Full security clearance

2) A background in law

3) Understanding of Executive Privilege

4) Understanding of the difference between an attorney for the office of the President and a President’s personal attorney

5) Understanding of and experience in assessing national security matters

Who could possibly have that experience?

Barrack Obama

270, Nevada, and Standing

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Thursday November 05, 2020 · 12:44 PM PST

2020/11/05 · 12:44

If Nevada goes Biden and has the 270 electoral votes required then it might put all of Trump’s electoral lawsuits at risk.

IAMNAL but …

This “irreducible constitutional minimum” of standing has three elements: (1) the plaintiff has suffered a concrete injury; (2) that injury is fairly traceable to actions of the defendant; and (3) it must be likely—not merely speculative—that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision.

If Biden wins regardless of what happens in PA or GA then Trump suffers no harm from the counting of ballots in those states. He is also not likely to be favorably redressed by any action the Court might order in those states.

Another way to look at this might be that the case is “moot”. The Constitution only gives the Federal courts jurisdiction over actual ongoing cases or controversies. If BIden wins the election regardless of the ruling then there is no controversy.

Others might be able to sue but I don’t see how Trump could.

Again, I’m not a lawyer and we have yet to see if the current SC is interested in the Constitution, but it seems that all his cases could get tossed.

If I’ve got this wrong, please correct me.

First Polling Place Has Closed

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Monday November 02, 2020 · 9:44 PM PST

2020/11/02 · 21:44

It’s official, Biden wins in Dixville Notch, NH. He takes the twonship unanimously 5-0. While his percentage might be slightly smaller in other locations, lets hope the trend is set.

Let Them Buy and Fly

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Saturday December 12, 2015 · 3:52 PM PST

2015/12/12 · 15:52

Look, I understand that people are scared. I understand that terrorists can kill people. I understand that guns make killing a LOT easier.

None of that matters.

We should not, under any circumstances, allow a set of well-meaning civil servants to take away our freedoms with a keystroke. That our means any of us. The No Fly List is wrong. The No Buy List would be wrong. It isn’t Due Process. It isn’t fair and it isn’t America.

If you don’t think this slope is slippery then just remember that if you accept this then you’ve ALREADY slid into acceptance of the No-Fly list. What will you accept next? People on the LIST will have all calls recorded?...Must register in order to travel?...Can be placed under house arrest?...Should be shipped to Guantanamo? (Where, I remind you, we have already held people the Govt knows were innocent for more than a decade. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/former-state-department-official-team-bush-knew-many-at-gitmo-were-innocent/275327/

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/6/guantanamo-detaineestalibanbergdahlswap.html)

Do you even know who’s on the list? Who puts someone on the list? What the criteria are to be on the list? Who can change the criteria? Can you find out any of this?

I understand that people are afraid. That fear is leading to destroy our nation.

The only thing we have to fear is Fear itself.

Eye Searing

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Sunday November 08, 2015 · 8:11 AM PST

2015/11/08 · 08:11

Eye Searing is the single description I have of the new design. It’s not just the white space. It’s the white. I read DK on a monitor and so much white on the page makes the screen literally painful to view for long. Perhaps that works on smaller screens but it isn’t working well for me here.

Are the new features good? I don’t know. I can’t look at the site long enough to find out.

Santorum Advances Arguments for Polygamy

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Sunday February 12, 2012 · 8:09 PM PST

2012/02/12 · 20:09

In a surprising move last week, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum advanced arguments that require polygamy in the United States. He argued that acts of individual conscience are absolutely protected by the 1st amendment. Under his argument, exceptions to monogamy laws must be granted to members of religious faiths that require polygamy. More below the multiple wedding bands...

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